index: Faculty and Administrator Track

Faculty and Administrator Track

TSPC Comments : Faculty Comments : Teacher Candidate Comments

TSPC comments
What were the 2-3 most significant events across the last 25 years that brought about the use of teacher work samples in Oregon licensure?
Was Oregon a leader in the use of teacher work samples? If "yes", in what way(s)?
Do Oregon policy makers, like legislators, respect the teacher work sample as an important change in the licensing of teachers?
What political issues have been dealt with in Oregon to allow teacher work samples to become a reality?
How has the demonstration of competence through work samples changed the licensure of Oregon's teachers?
Will teacher work samples have a role when Oregon teachers seek advanced or continuing licenses later in their career?
How has the use of teacher work samples impacted the process of the state commission in licensing teachers?
Do commission members believe that teacher work samples have helped to professionalize education?
Besides classroom teacher seeking an initial license, who else is now expected to develop a work sample as part of their licensing procedures?
Faculty comments
top of page : candidate comments
What, in your opinion, are the 3-4 most significant concepts candidates need to master to develop a high quality work sample?
In your experience, what are the work sample concepts or skills teacher education candidates have the most trouble mastering? Why do you think that is?
What are the most important outcomes candidates achieve from participating in work sampling?
What elements characterize an outstanding work sample?
What is the place of examples of pupil work in the final report of a work sample?
In deciding whether a candidate successfully completed a teacher work sample, what part does the amount and kind of pupil learning gains play in your decision?
What tips would you give candidates about how to prepare a successful work sample?
What tips would you give faculty who are just starting out to teach and assess work samples?
Are there work sample skills you try to model for your candidates?
What changes have you noticed in the planning, teaching, and assessment skills candidates now hold since [OSU, Willamette, Concordia] implemented work sampling?
Summary Statement
Teacher Candidate comments
top of page
How far along were you in your program before you really understood what a teacher work sample was?
What teacher work sample skill or concept was the hardest for you to learn?
When you were trying to just learn what a teacher work sample was, what did someone say or do that suddenly helped clarify the task, or even a part of the task?
What tip would you give teacher education candidates about to begin their first work samples?
Describe the usefulness, if any, of teacher work sampling during your student teaching experience
What collegiate activities or lectures were most useful as you learned about teacher work samples? What was said or done?
Which work sample skill or concept do you think will be the most useful to you as a classroom teacher? Why?
What suggestions would you make to [OSU, Willamette, Concordia] about how to improve the teaching of work sample concepts or skills.
Has work sampling influenced the way you think about teaching and learning? If "yes", how so?
What purpose is served in asking prospective teachers to complete a work sample?